Recent Speakers


Over the past 12 months, we have hosted over 150 leading Chairmen/CEOs, government decision makers, opinion-formers and industry experts. They covered a broad array of global issues – ranging from innovation and sustainability to global mobility and capital markets – and of geographies – ranging from “Chindia”, Russia and Kazakhstan to the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.  Our recent guests/speakers include:

Joaquín Almunia
Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Commission

Paul Atkins
Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission

Lionel Barber
Editor, Financial Times

Win Bishoff
(then) Chairman, Citi

Dr Samuel W. Bodman
(then) US Secretary of Energy

Martin Broughton
Chairman, British Airways

Eric Daniels
Group Chief Executive, Lloyds Banking Group

Sam DiPiazzi
CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Micheal Geoghgan CBE
Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings

Tom Glocer
CEO, Thomson Reuters

Peter Grauer
Chairman, Bloomberg LP

Ambassador Boyden Gray
(then) US Ambassador to the EU

Stephen Green
Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc

Sir John Gieve
Deputy Governor, Bank of England

Terry Hill
Chairman, The Ove Arup Foundation
Chair, Transport Market Group, Arup

Jeff Immelt
Chairman and CEO, GE

Larry Kellner
Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines,

Robert Kimitt
(then) Deputy Secretary,
US Treasury

Neelie Kroes
EU Commissioner for Competition

 

A.G. Lafley
Chairman and CEO, Procter & Gamble

Shelly Lazarus
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Christine Lagarde
Minister of Finance, Economy & Employment, France

Tim Leiweke
Worldwide CEO, AEG

Jean Lemierre
President, European Bank for
Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)

Kenneth D. Lewis
Chairman & President,
Bank of America Corporation

Peter Mandelson
(then) EU Commissioner for Trade

J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO,
Marriott International, Inc.

Sir Deryck Maughan,
Managing Director, KKR
Chairman, KKR Asia

Raymond McDaniel, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Moody's Corporation

Charlie McCreevy
EU Commissioner for Internal Markets

Harold (Terry) McGraw
Chairman, President & CEO, The McGraw-Hill Companies

Sir Tom McKillop
(then) Chairman,
The Royal Bank of Scotland

John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief,
The Economist

Andrew Moss
Group Chief Executive, Aviva

James Murdoch
Chairman & CEO Europe and Asia, News Corp.
Non-Executive Chairman, BSkyB

Duncan Niederauer
CEO, NYSE Euronext

 

Dick Olver
Chairman, BAE Systems

Senator George Mitchell
Chairman, DLA Piper

Joe Plumeri
Executive Chairman and CEO, Willis Group

David Pyott
Chairman and CEO, Allergan

Arun Sarin
(then) CEO, Vodafone

Sir John Sawers
UK Ambassador to the United Nations

Sir Nigel Sheinwald
UK Ambassador to the United States

Sir Martin Sorrell
Chief Executive, WPP Group

Steven Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group

Todd Stitzer
CEO, Cadbury Schweppes

Peter Sutherland
Chairman, BP
Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Ratan Tata
Chairman, Tata Sons

Robert Thompson
Editor in Chief, Wall Street Journal
 

Rex Tillerson
Chairman & CEO, ExxonMobil

Jean-Claude Trichet
President, European Central Bank

Lord Turner
Chairman, UK Financial Services Authority

The Hon Robert Tuttle
(then) US Ambassador to the UK

Paul S. Walsh
Chief Executive, Diageo, plc

Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airway

 

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